Preceptory (2)
Pre‐cep″to‐ry, n.; pl.Preceptories (#). [LL. praeceptoria an estate assigned to a preceptor, from L. praeceptor a commander, ruler, teacher, in LL., procurator, administrator am...
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Preceptress
Pre‐cep″tress (?), n. A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.
Precession
Pre‐ces″sion (?), n. [L. praecedere, praecessum, to go before: cf. F. précession. See Precede.] The act of going before, or forward.Lunisolar precession. (Astron.) See under Lun...
Precessional
Pre‐ces″sion‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes.
Precessor
Pre‐ces″sor (?), n. [L. praecessor.] A predecessor. Fuller.
Précieuse
‖Pré′cieuse″, n. An affected woman of polite society, esp. one of the literary women of the French salons of the 17th century.
Precinct
Pre″cinct (?; 277), n. [LL. praecinctum, fr. L. praecingere, praecinctum, to gird about, to encompass; prae before + cingere to gird, surround. See Pre-, and Cincture.] 1. The l...
Preciosity
Pre′ci‐os″i‐ty (?), n. Preciousness; something precious. Sir T. Browne.
Preciosity (2)
Pre′ci‐os″i‐ty (?), n.; pl. -ties (#). [F. préciosité, OF. also precieuseté.] Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the affected purism and sententiousness character...
Precious
Pre″cious (?), a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. précieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See Price.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. “The ...
Precious (2)
Pre″cious (?), a. Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. Précieuse, Preciosity.Lest that precious folk be with me wroth. Chaucer.Elaborate embroidery of precious lan...
Preciously
Pre″cious‐ly, adv. In a precious manner; expensively; extremely; dearly. Also used ironically.
Preciousness
Pre″cious‐ness, n. The quality or state of being precious; costliness; dearness.
Precipe
Prec″i‐pe (?), n.(Law) See Præcipe, and Precept.
Precipice
Prec″i‐pice (?), n. [F. précipice, L. praecipitium, fr. praeceps, -cipitis, headlong; prae before + caput, capitis, the head. See Pre-, and Chief.] 1. A sudden or headlong fall....
Precipient
Pre‐cip″i‐ent (?), a. [L. praecipiens, p. pr. See Precept.] Commanding; directing.
Precipitability
Pre‐cip′i‐ta‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being precipitable.
Precipitable
Pre‐cip″i‐ta‐ble (?), a. Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n.(Chem.)
Precipitance
{ Pre‐cip″i‐tance (?), Pre‐cip″i‐tan‐cy (?), } n. [From Precipitant.] The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resol...
Precipitant
Pre‐cip″i‐tant (?), a. [L. praecipitans, -antis, p. pr. of praecipitare: cf. F. précipitant. See Precipitate.] 1. Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or rec...
Precipitant (2)
Pre‐cip″i‐tant, n.(Chem.) Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.
Precipitantly
Pre‐cip″i‐tant‐ly, adv. With rash or foolish haste; in headlong manner. Milton.
Precipitantness
Pre‐cip″i‐tant‐ness, n. The quality or state of being precipitant; precipitation.
Precipitate
Pre‐cip″i‐tate (?), a. [L. praecipitatus, p. p. of praecipitare to precipitate, fr. praeceps headlong. See Precipice.] 1. Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in de...
Precipitate (2)
Pre‐cip″i‐tate (?), n. [NL. praecipitatum: cf. F. précipité.] 1. (Chem.) An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added...
Precipitate (3)
Pre‐cip″i‐tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Precipitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Precipitating.] 1. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height.She and her horse had been ...
Precipitate (4)
Pre‐cip″i‐tate, v. i. 1. To dash or fall headlong.So many fathom down precipitating. Shak.2. To hasten without preparation.3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution as a precipitat...